MUSHER CAMP SCHEDULE

Day One (1)

Day Two (2)

Day Three (3)

Day Four (4)

Arrive

Run the Dogs!

Run the Dogs!

Go Home

Day 1

• Arrive between 4:00 and 7:00 PM and meet your Interpreter. You can eat in town prior to arrival, or you can eat supper at the base provided you arrive before 7:00 PM• Complete Check-In: pay any final fees, turn in BSA Health and Medical Records and discuss the specific trip goals of your crew.• Get situated in your on-base accommodations and complete a Gear Shakedown• Attend a “First Night Orientation” – an Interpreter led introduction to Winter Camping• Get outfitted with group gear and supplemental personal gear.• Cracker Barrel 9:30PM. The Trading Post will be open – remember, our Trading Post carries some of the items you are required to bring (just in case you forgot).

Day 2

• Wake up early and feed the Dogs breakfast before “Human Breakfast”.• Breakfast at 7:30 AM in the program center.• Finish checking out group equipment, personal equipment and food.• Return to the Dog Yard for dogsledding instruction: this will cover history of dogsledding, types of dog sleds, feeding and care of a dogsledding team, safety rules, dogsledding equipment, harnessing the dogs, training the dogs and running the dogs.• Musher Camps are involved in giving a similar introduction to dogsledding to non-dogsled crews at OKPIK, so pay attention to the First Orientation Talk!• Provided your crew is organized, you should be able to fit in a morning and afternoon run with the dogs on Day 2. Between the runs, you will return to the Dog Yard / Musher Camp Yurts to eat lunch.• Feed the dogs dinner and then cook dinner for yourself before turning in to spend the night in your heated Musher Camp Yurt.

Day 3

• Take a Morning and Afternoon dogsled run with the dogs. Stop by other OKPIK crews to give them short “Introduction to Dogsledding” presentations accompanied by short circle rides.

Day 4

• Check in personal and group gear to Northern Tier in the morning.• Visit the Trading Post• Eat lunch and enjoy a short Awards Ceremony before heading home.

Come to Northern Tier for a whole new level of adventure, up north! From incredible canoe journeys to wild winter wilderness camping, Northern Tier promises the Scouting adventure of a lifetime in the Great North Woods of northern Minnesota and Canada.